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Inspiring The Next Generation The British Polio Fellowship is launching its annual indoor games in Leicester with a bang this year as it announces that Paralympians James Crisp and Anne Wafula-Strike MBE will compete in a celebrity play-off event, as a unique curtain raiser that could become an annual event.
Despite a somewhat expected inept showing in the ICC World Cup and them facing a $42 million compensation bill after the abandoned tour of India last October, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) re-elected Whycliffe ‘Dave’ Cameron for a further term in office as its president.
Richard Kilty proved that he is a true championship performer, adding the European Indoor Championship 60m title the world title he won twelve months ago.
Sierra Leonean, Jimmy Thoronka, has been inundated with offers of help and requests for media interviews since the first report that he had been found starving and homeless in London after coming to Britain for last summer’s Commonwealth Games.
England’s World Cup woes were concluded as heavily un-fancied Bangladesh sent them packing, knocking them out of the World Cup with a sensational 15-run Pool A victory at the Adelaide Oval, seeing them make the quarter-finals and possibly facing defending champions India in the next round.
Despite the huge success of the recent, inaugural Hero Indian Super League and a healthy sporting culture, India remains a nation that has not taken to the beautiful game.
Kick It Out, football’s equality and inclusion organisation, is having its fifth national Raise Your Game conference and mentoring event, in association with Investec, to provide a unique insight into working in football, with advice and inspiration provided by industry-leading individuals from across the game.
Presented by Gabby Logan, the unique sporting event will see celebrities become darts players and each adopt their own darts persona, complete with nickname, costume, props and the all important walk on music.
Premiership Rugby have announced that Tim Mathias is joining the team to head up the Rugby4All programme.
The world’s best players will descend upon the new-look Barclaycard Arena (formerly the NIA) for the world’s most prestigious badminton event.
British Athletics have named Lawrence Clarke as captain of the Great Britain & Northern Ireland team for the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Prague.
The National Apprenticeship Service has teamed up with West Bromwich Albion FC to provide discounted match tickets for apprentices and their employers when Albion take on Stoke City, in the Barclays Premier League, on Saturday March, 14.
England women's captain Charlotte Edwards led her country for the 200th time in international cricket.
Following his indoor two-mile world record win in Birmingham double Olympic 10,000m and 5,000m Champion Mo Farah returned to the former Olympic Stadium, to launch the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games, which is due to take place in the iconic venue at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park from July 24-26.
With two wins out of two for England in the RBS 6 Nations, rugby fever is beginning to grip the nation.
